Ukrainian refugees

Liubov Kuzmenko is now one of 200 volunteers at Sharp Chula Vista working during National Volunteer Week.

It was a heartwarming reunion Sunday between a Ukrainian refugee and her beloved Pomeranian after they were separated at the U.S.-Mexico Border in April.

A Ukrainian refugee is reunited with her beloved Pomeranian dog, Perseya, after they were separated at the U.S.-Mexico Border in April.

A Ukrainian refugee separated from her Pomeranian at the U.S.-Mexico border, in order for the dog to complete a required 28-day rabies quarantine, reunited with her precious pooch at the San Diego Humane Society Sunday.

Charles, Prince of Wales traveled to Romania’s capital on Wednesday to visit refugees, mostly women and children, that have found safety in the Eastern European country after fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Inside a gym in San Diego’s Alliant University, Ukraine’s national gymnastics team trains for a championship that goes beyond sports. “It means much more now because we want to show the entire world that Ukrainians are strong,” said Arina Zemlyanko, a 17-year-old athlete with Ukraine’s Aesthetic Group Gymnastics National Team.  The nine athletes, now safely settled in San Diego,...

First Lady Jill Biden visited Ukrainian refugee students at a Romanian public school on day two of her four-day overseas trip to Romania and Slovakia on Saturday

First lady Jill Biden has thanked U.S. troops deployed to Romania, where they are serving as a check against Russian aggression.

Far from home and unsure when or even if they will ever return, Ukrainians displaced by war gathered at churches across Eastern Europe on Sunday for the Orthodox Easter holiday

San Diego has been named the 6th most polluted city in the country. And, an El Cajon man is shot trying to retrieve his son’s stolen phone. Plus, starting April 25th Ukrainian refugees seeking U.S. entry will not be allowed to cross the San Ysidro border. They will now have to apply online....
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Tammy Lin – an immigration law expert from the University of San Diego – explains the challenges facing Ukrainian asylum seekers in looking to enter the U.S. and the options they have once they are granted entry.

A family who escaped the war in Ukraine told NBC 7’s Amber Frias that they have no words for the generosity they’ve received from San Diegans since their arrival, even though the transition has been anything but easy.

The international Red Cross says it’s rolling out its largest-ever cash assistance program to help more than 2 million people in Ukraine or who have fled abroad cope with the fallout from Russia’s invasion.

Several local organizations have set up just north of the border to help however they can, reports NBC 7’s Madison Weil.

A grandmother, mother and her 3-year-old daughter were welcomed by the residents of the White Sands Retirement community. NBC 7’s Joe Little reports.

A grandmother, mother and her 3-year-old daughter were welcomed by the residents of the White Sands Retirement community

“Walking through the cold, bitter wind with their kids, their pets, their luggage and not knowing where they’re going to end up — these ladies were tough”

For the first time in days, the welcome center at Calvary San Diego is empty. The church’s campus is much quieter and the number of Ukrainian refugee families present is just one. It’s a much different sight than just hours prior. “Literally two hours ago there were 80 people here but a bus pulls up and all of a...

Volunteers through Calvary Christian in Chula Vista are housing Ukrainian families.

Hundreds of Ukrainians have found their way into California through the San Ysidro Port of Entry after traveling thousands of miles away from their war-torn country.